1. a movement of world Jewry that arose late in the 19th century with the aim of creating a Jewish state in Palestine; [syn: Zionism, Zionist movement]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Zionist movement
n 1: a movement of world Jewry that arose late in the 19th
century with the aim of creating a Jewish state in
Palestine [syn: Zionism, Zionist movement]